馃ガ Spinach 路 October
Whether October works depends on which corner of the country you鈥檙e standing in. Here鈥檚 the per-city read, sowing, transplanting and harvesting, plus the spacing, the timing and the family-of-four maths.
Days to harvest
25-50 days
Spacing
15 cm
Cities sowing in October
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Family of 4
Sow a 1m row every 3 weeks through winter for a family of 4; or maintain 15-20 plants at various growth stages
October in spring is one of twelve windows the Australian year offers, and whether you can plant spinach this month depends on which corner of the country you're standing in. Below is the per-city read: where spinach is being sown from seed, where it's going in as seedlings, and where it's already being harvested.
No major Australian city is sowing spinach from seed in October. No major Australian city is transplanting spinach seedlings in October. Harvesting spinach in October: Melbourne, Hobart, Canberra.
Across Australia's climate zones, spinach keeps to tropical, april-august (cool season only); subtropical, march-august; temperate, february-may, august-october; cool, august-april (spring through autumn); arid, march-august. October sits inside that window for the temperate zone. The longer version, including the climate-zone-by-zone breakdown, lives on the Spinach growing guide.
Spinach is one of the fastest crops you can grow in an Australian raised bed, baby leaves can be ready in just 25 days, making it ideal for filling gaps between other plantings. It demands cool weather and will bolt to seed rapidly when temperatures climb above 25掳C.
If you're planting spinach this October, the bed prep is the same as any other month: a 30 cm-deep raised bed worked through with compost, spacing of 15 cm between plants, and full sun in winter; partial shade in spring. The crop takes 25-50 days, which means a October planting will be ready around November. Use the raised bed calculator to size the bed and the companion planting guide to fill it out.
For a household of four, Sow a 1m row every 3 weeks through winter for a family of 4; or maintain 15-20 plants at various growth stages Expected yield is Ongoing, 100-300g per plant over the season.
The October spinach read changes city by city. The list above is the high-level signal; for the exact dates and bed-by-bed planting plan, the Plant Planner spinach module reads your postcode and your bed dimensions and does the rest of the maths.
Whether October works for spinach depends on your climate zone. The planting windows are: tropical, april-august (cool season only); subtropical, march-august; temperate, february-may, august-october; cool, august-april (spring through autumn); arid, march-august. In October specifically, the broad rules suggest it's a planting month in the temperate zone.
Spinach takes 25-50 days. A October planting will be ready around November. Harvest outer leaves from the base of the plant when 10-15cm long, leaving the growing centre intact. Baby spinach can be cut with scissors 2-3cm above the soil for cut-and-come-again harvests. Harvest in the morning for maximum freshness. Refrigerate immediately after harvest to retain texture and nutrition.
Sow a 1m row every 3 weeks through winter for a family of 4; or maintain 15-20 plants at various growth stages Yield expectation: Ongoing, 100-300g per plant over the season.
Full sun in winter; partial shade in spring. Regular, keep soil consistently moist. Soil pH 6.5-7.5. Spacing 15 cm between plants, 25 cm between rows.
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